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<svar v="ID95A409 ID95A410 ID95A411 ID95A412 ID95A413 ID95A414 ID95A415 ID95A416 ID95A417 ID95A418 ID95A419 ID95A420 ID95A421 ID95A422 ID95A423 ID95A424 ID95A425 ID95A426 ID95A427 ID95A428 ID95A429 ID95A430 ID95A431 ID95A432 ID95A433 ID95A434 ID95A435 ID95A436 ID95A437 ID95A438"><span class="h2">V. Characteristics of individual household members</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="ID95A428 ID95A429 ID95A430 ID95A431">[Questions 517-519 were asked of persons age 5 or older who have ever attended school, as per question 516.]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="ID95A429" v="ID95A429 ID95A430">518. Highest grade attended/attending<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 1<br />[] 2 2<br />[] 3 3<br />[] 4 4<br />[] 5 5<br />[] 6 6<br />[] 7 7<br />[] 8 Completed</div><br /></svar>
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="ID95A401 ID95A403 ID95A408 ID95A409 ID95A410 ID95A411 ID95A412 ID95A413 ID95A414 ID95A415 ID95A416 ID95A417 ID95A418 ID95A419 ID95A420 ID95A426 ID95A428 ID95A429 ID95A430 ID95A431 ID95A432 ID95A433 ID95A434 ID95A435 ID95A436 ID95A437 ID95A438"><span class="h3">6.5 Block V. General characteristics of household members</span><br />This block is used to record personal characteristics such as sex, age, mobility of living, attained education, school participation and the daily language used by each household members, starting from the first serial number of the household member until the last one.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="ID95A429" v="ID95A429 ID95A430"><span class="em">Question 518: Highest year/grade that has ever been attained/currently attended</span><br />Ask the highest year/grade that has ever been attained/currently attended, then circle the appropriate code.<br /><br /><span class="ital">Note:</span><br />1. A person who is attending a Master's program is coded 6 [University/Diploma IV]<br />2. A person who is attending a doctoral program is coded 7 [University/Diploma IV]<br />3. A person who is attending a Diploma I program is coded 1 and if has graduated code it 8<br />4. A person who is attending the first year of a Diploma II program is coded 1 and if has graduated, code it 8<br />5. A person who graduated from any formal education and did not continue afterward, code it 8 (graduated).<br /><br /><span class="em">Graduated</span> is: having completed studies from a class/highest level of a school/education level and received a certificate/diploma either from a state or private school. A person who has not attended classes from the highest level of a school but has followed an examination and passed is considered to have graduated.<br /><br />Note:<br />1. For those who have/are attending a university that uses the Credit Point System, information on the level/class that is currently attended can be obtained by asking extra questions as follows: "How many Credit Points have you achieved?" As guidance, a year is valued as 30 credits, so in order to determine how many levels/class that have been achieved, please use the following conversion guide:<br /><br />Total credit points achieved -- attending level/class<br /><div class="i1">20 credits -- 1<br />31-60 credits -- 2</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.51]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">61-90 credits -- 3<br />91-120 credits -- 4<br />121+ -- 5</div><br /><br />2. A person who is following a transfer program from an academy/diploma III to a university with the level being determined by the total credit points that have been converted, added on to the points achieved at the university.<br /><br />3. In a study group package, the equivalent grade/class to elementary school is as follows:<br /><br />Current type of package/has attended -- equivalent grade<br /><div class="i1">A1-A20 -- 1<br />A21-A40 -- 2<br />A41-A60 -- 3<br />A61-A80 -- 4<br />A81-A100 -- 5</div><br /><br />A person who completed an A100 program but has not achieved an equivalent elementary school certificate is categorized as has completed the 5th grade, but is categorized as graduated elementary school if [he/she] achieved an equivalent certificate of elementary school.<br /></svar>